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Prajje Jean Baptiste: Hatian-Born Designer's Fall 2014 Collections
[Fashion]On May 29 2014 Designer Prajje Jr. Jean-Baptiste was invited to headline at Color Revolution in Saint Maarten. Upon his arrival to the island he was taken by its great beauty.Prajje decided...
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Documentary Film Showing: “The Black Struggle in New York from 1960s to the...
Minister Clemson Brown[Community Announcements]FROM CEMOTAP1. Are You in Clemson Brown’s Video “The Black Struggle in New York from 1960s to the Present”?COME FIND OUT?August 9, at 2:00 PMCEMOTAP...
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As U.S.-Africa Summit Opens, Human Rights Abuses Gain Media Traction
Gen. Museveni signs Anti-LGBT law -- not quite the Western darling any more[Publisher's Commentary: U.S.-Africa Summit Day One]Secretary of State John Kerry was sounding bullish on Africa as the...
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Obama Administration Announces New Online Portal To Boost U.S. Business In...
Commerce Secretary Pritzker[U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Day Two]The U.S. announced a new dedicated section on the International Trade Administration's website that will help American companies...
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GHANA’S ONCE GOLDEN ECONOMY PLUNGES TO ‘GROUND ZERO’
Aug. 4 (GIN) – Expectations of a windfall from the discovery of oil have been dashed by a weakening cedi, with ordinary citizens feeling the pinch."Prices of ingredients in the market have been...
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U.S. PLAN FOR WIND FARM RILES OWNERS OF ‘ANCESTRAL LANDS’
Aug. 4 (GIN) – A proposed U.S. wind farm in Kenya must first overcome objections by farmer David Kinyanjui who says the farm would desecrate ancestral land where his father and mother are both...
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WHITE AMERICAN FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS ‘AFRICAN HERITAGE’ HOUSE FROM DEMOLITION
Aug. 4 (GIN) – A petition drive, organized by a white American settler in Kenya, is underway to preserve a grand multi-leveled red mud building of mixed African influences overlooking Nairobi National...
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SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED EBOLA DOESN’T SEE A GLOBAL THREAT
Aug. 4 (GIN) – The Belgian researcher who first identified the Ebola virus is playing down fears of a global pandemic.“I would sit next to an infected person on the train,” said Professor Peter Piot,...
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Obama Creates President's Advisory Council On Doing Business In Africa
President Obama[U.S.-Africa Business Leaders' Summit: Day Two]By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote...
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U.S.-Africa Summit: $7 Billion Announced To Boost American Exports To Africa
President Obama[U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Day Two] REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE U.S.-AFRICA BUSINESS FORUMMandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, D.C. Thank you so much. Thank you. Please be...
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President Obama Toasts "New Africa" At White House Dinner
[U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit White House State Dinner: Day Two] Filed by Pool Reporter for the dinner -- Dan Friedman, Washington Correspondent, New York Daily News.President Obama opened the dinner...
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PBA's Mr. LYNCH Sees No Chokehold In Garner's Killing By NYPD's Officer...
The PBA's Patrick Lynch: Chokehold? What chokehold?Yesterday Patrick Lynch, the president of the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the union that represents New York Police...
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Why Museveni And Kagame Are Un-Indicted War Criminals
Gen. Museveni -- reportedly asked Kofi Annan to block ICC investigation into alleged crimes by Uganda's army in Congo. At the time Luis Moreno Ocampo was ICC chief Prosecutor[U.S.-Africa Leaders...
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Obama "I Believe A New Africa Is Emerging"
President Obama speaking at an earlier event last week with young Africans[U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Day Three]REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT OPENING SESSION OF THE U.S.-AFRICA LEADERS SUMMITState...
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Michelle Obama And Laura Bush On Prioritizing Rights Of Girls And Women
Michelle Obama and Laura Bush[U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Day Three]A CONVERSATION BETWEEN FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND MRS. LAURA BUSHMODERATED BY COKIE ROBERTS AT “INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE,” A...
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Tanzania's Kikwete And Ghana's Mahama Have Easy Relaxed Styles
Kikwete and Mahama[U.S.-Africa Summit: Reporter's Notebook]Yesterday I attended one of the myriads of talk-events in the context of the ongoing U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit, and one of those was the...
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Israel's Destructive Invasion Of Gaza: Media Forum In New York
[Community Announcement]Dear Comrades and Friends,The Black Alliance For Progressive Media presents a forum titled, The Truth About Israel's Invasion of Gaza, on Friday, August 8th, at 6:30PM at the...
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Inconvenient Truths: New York Policing And The Problem Of Institutional Racism
City Hall meeting: Bratton, de Blasio, Sharpton. How long can mayor avoid speaking truth about racism on the police force?[Speaking Truth To Power]Should Black New Yorkers Trust Mayor de Blasio and...
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Brooklyn Rally And March Against Rising Police Brutality
Councilmember Inez DickensCouncilmember Inez D. Barron, Man-Up!, community leaders and groups will hold a march and rally against rising police brutality this Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 4:00pm.We will...
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Rep. Rangel Praises AGOA In Meeting With African Business Leaders
Rep. Charles Rangel Congressman Charles B. Rangel (NY-13), who made history as the first African American chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, received a standing ovation...
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